Where does “呉” come from?

呉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 暮れる — get dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

呉 (Japanese): Chinese, from China; the Wú region of China;...

Definitions

  1. Chinese, from China; the Wú region of China;...

Ancestry of “呉”, step by step

呉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 暮れる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese暮れるget dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

via Middle Chinese 吳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese吳—

Words derived from “呉”

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